GOP Leaders Say Likely Loss On Excise Tax Cuts
Washington AP Charles F Barrett Republicans predict administration faces defeat on a bill to cut many excise taxes. House support strong, Senate undecided. The bill would cut taxes to 10 percent on most excise taxes except liquor and tobacco, starting April 1, and cancel about one billion dollars in scheduled April cuts on beverages motors fuel and vehicles. Senator Bennett backs the plan as equitable, amid broader calls to remove taxes.
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Maine mother charged after drownings of three children
Constance Fisher, 24, a distraught Waterville housewife, was charged with murder after her three children Richard 6 Daniel 4 and Deborah 1 were found dead in their home. The father Carl Fisher 33 broke in to find the scene. A note written by Mrs Fisher said God told her it was the only way to save them.
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Eisenhower Picks Nixon to fire back at Stevenson attacks
President Eisenhower hand-picked Vice President Nixon to reply to Adlai Stevenson's charge that the GOP uses slander and deception ahead of congressional elections. Senator McCarthy called Nixon an excellent choice but demanded equal air time and hinted at FCC action after networks rejected his request. Stevenson spoke at a Miami rally accusing McCarthy of seeking totalitarianism.
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Threat to Senator McCarthy Prompts Waldorf Vigil
An anonymous caller with a Spanish accent warned at 12:15 a.m. that something terrible would happen to Senator McCarthy at the Waldorf-Astoria. Police joined hotel guards in an all-night vigil outside McCarthy's room as investigators prepared to question the threat.
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Congressmen Joking About Wild Shooting
In Washington House members lightened the mood a week after a wild fusillade from Puerto Rican fanatics wounded five lawmakers. MPs joked about coverage and aid scenes as they recovered, with Wolcott and Clarence J. Brown offering a mock award to anyone claiming not to have helped capture a assailant.
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Ohio
Wheat Export Sales Lagging Despite Cut Prices
Washington reports Secretary Benson struggles to move government owned wheat abroad. Three months into reaching markets outside the international agreement, uptake remains sparse. Exports average under one million bushels monthly from a 350 million bushel surplus as world wheat stocks hit record levels.
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Dulles Doctrine gains support at Inter-American talks
At the 10th Inter American Conference the United States laid out a plan to curb communism in the hemisphere with a Dulles Doctrine. Brazil the Dominican Republic Paraguay Honduras and Nicaragua joined in backing the plan while Haiti urged action within nonintervention norms. Mexico remained uncertain as Foreign Minister Padilla Nervo cautioned against internationalizing national mission oversight.
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Gas supply picture is brighter for Ohio homes
Ohio utilities commission signals a brighter gas supply for next winter with a potential rise in new home heating installations. Hearings will set allowances. spring session starts April 1, earlier than usual, as orders since 1947 shaped the freeze and releases.
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Ohio
GOP Chiefs Study Fair Play Rules
Senate Republican leaders met to discuss steps to persuade committees to adopt fair investigation procedures for all. The move follows a dispute between Sen. McCarthy and Secretary Stevens and a proposal by Douglas and Humphrey for a legal code of fair play. Senator Ferguson will report on current rules and possible improvements to committee chairs. Republican Leader Knowland said each committee may accept or reject suggestions from the study. Eisenhower said Knowland reported that fair procedure codes are being set up by the leadership.
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Ohio Bank Robbery in Milan Sees $30,000 Taken
Two men robbed Erie United Bank in Milan at about 12:15 pm. One flashed a pistol. other unarmed. Suspects fled in a car with Ohio plate Q23R. Police set roadblocks. description: dark complexions, tall man in brown, shorter man in red check sweater.
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Naguib Reinstated in All Former Egypt Posts
Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib today took back all his old positions in Egypt’s military government. Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser relinquished the presidency and premier roles to return to vice premiership while Naguib resumed premier and Revolutionary Council chair. Salim said ouster events were erased as if a passing cloud and noted Britain withdrawal talks would continue with a July 27 target for a constituent assembly and end to martial law.
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Mentricide Shaping Schwable Germ Case Court
A Marine Corps court of inquiry examines "mentricide" mind control as Col. Frank H. Schwable faces potential court martial. Witness Maj. Gen. William Dean testified he would rather die than be captured and described limits on disclosure, while Dr Joost Meerloo joined as a follow witness to discuss brainwashing.
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Save Efficiency May Push Jet Tankers For B52 Refuel
The Air Force may employ jet powered tankers to refuel new B52 all jet bombers in flight. B25s will begin production late this year and include in flight fuel replenishment. Jet bombers refueling from piston engined tankers raises efficiency, time, and fuel concerns due to altitude power differences.
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Traf O Tertia Handles Traffic Tickets in Norman
Norman Oklahoma police install Traf o teria boxes on parking meters to accept 50 cent payments with ticket. After 48 hours the fine doubles to one dollar. Chief Albert Dodd notes better payment by women and a 135 percent rise in overtime fines in first month.
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Dems Launch Alaska Statehood Drive
Senate Democrats announced a conference to mobilize support for adding Alaska statehood to the Hawaii bill. The House already approved Hawaii statehood, while Alaska awaits Senate action on an Anderson amendment. The aim is a united front despite Republican plans to consider a separate Alaska bill later.
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British claim 125 Mau Mau killed in 10 days
Nairobi Kenya report states British forces killed at least 125 Mau Mau during air and ground strikes over the past 10 days and captured 53 more. Security losses numbered five proved dead or missing.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Subpoenas Serve 111 Puerto Ricans Across Cities
New York authorities issued subpoenas to 111 Puerto Ricans yesterday in a rapid federal action linked to the Washington shooting of five congressmen. Among those summoned here were Rosa Collazo, wife of a would-be Truman assassin, with her husband already serving a life term. The witnesses face three grand juries probing local party activities.
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Weather outlook for Miami Valley forecasts cooling temperatures
Partly cloudy skies forecast for the Miami Valley tonight and tomorrow. Vandalia weather station reports average low around 32 degrees tonight and a high near 52 degrees tomorrow. Midlletown recorded a high of 52 at 5 pm and a low of 26 at 6 am. today’s low 32 at 3 am. The AP five day forecast for Ohio calls for temperatures about 10 degrees above normal from Wednesday to Sunday, with light rain possible Friday yielding about one third of an inch.
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Explosion at Chevrolet plant injures five in Flint
A spectacular electrical explosion at the Chevrolet plant in Flint showered flames in all directions and injured five men yesterday.
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Chevrolet
Dock Hands Picket U S Courthouse Protesting ILA Contempt
Hundreds of independent longshoremen marched to Foley Square to protest a contempt action by the National Labor Relations Board against the old International Longshoremen's Association. The union faces up to 125000 in fines if its two day blockade of waterfront truck movements continues, as piers across Manhattan remain idle in a wildcat strike.
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Reds Accuse Reds of Kidnapping in Seoul
South Korea Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai accused the Communists of kidnapping more than 80,000 Koreans and said they released no one among the kidnapped. In exchanges on March 12 the Reds returned 19 foreigners and received 37 Koreans, he stated.
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